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Lost and forgotten photos from the past

I giggle a little every time I look at this cabinet card, because the couple looks so stiff and uncomfortable, like it’s the first time they ever met. But noting that they both are wearing a flower corsage, I really suspect this is their wedding photo. Maybe an arranged marriage? Oh my.

The photographer was Van Drimmelen of Sioux Center, IA and I will date this to the 1890s. The photograph has that “look” of the collodion process as well, suggesting it was made after 1894. It’s in the sharp colors and contrast, plus a bit of a blue tint to the mount.

5 thoughts on “Pleased to meet you?”

The 1900 United States Census lists Robert J Van Drimmelen (b. Aug-1870 in the Netherlands) and newly married to Susie B. (b. Sep-1881 in Iowa of parents from the Netherlands) as having the occupation of Photographer. They are shown as living in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa.

Orange City and Sioux Center are neighboring towns.

Robert needed to put this couple more at ease! They look a little too old to be going to a prom… :)